Southern Europe

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz backed Serbia’s efforts to join the European Union during a visit to Belgrade on Monday. Speaking to press after meeting with Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic, Kurz said Austria is doing everything it can to support Serbia’s EU bid, adding that “the EU will be complete when …

At the Croatian border, just 224 kilometers from Austria, more than 20,000 migrants hope to have a chance to break into Central Europe. ‘The Croats are really trying to handle that alone. They have also deployed special forces during this transition,’ say analysts from Group III (Migration) of the Interior …

Last Thursday afternoon, a Nigerian man assaulted three girls on a train and undressed in front of them, miming sexual acts, before being stopped by two passengers. The three students were aboard a train from Bergamo to Milan. The girls were targeted by the 21-year-old Nigerian migrant asylum seeker in …

Minister of Cultural Heritage Alberto Bonisoli used a botanical metaphor to discuss the topic of migrant integration in Italy. ‘When some species of plants come from outside, if there is not an artificial process to regulate their acclimation, the species becomes invasive and shows its negative effects. A metaphor that …

Rome, September 26 – Interior Minister and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini on Wednesday hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron for saying that there was a “political crisis” between Italy and the rest of the EU over migration. “We don’t take lesson on law and humanity from Signor Macron,” said …

Migrants aboard the charity rescue ship Aquarius will be transferred to a patrol boat in international waters and taken to Malta, before being sent to four other European Union states, the Maltese government said on Tuesday.

In a video that his entourage broadcast on Facebook, we see Matteo Salvini speaking at a meeting of European Interior Ministers and denounce the idea apparently previously expressed by Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg Minister, that aging Europe needs immigrants. ‘I have a completely different perspective. I think I am in the …

Europe trembles at the moment, with countries questioning people’s right to lodgings and human beings’ capacity to move and go where they think they should go. Now is the time we have to make an effort to show that our beliefs are the direct opposite when it comes to migration, …

An Algerian shouting ‘Allah Akbar ‘ and attacking police officers shot dead A 29-year-old man from Algeria, identified as Abdelouahab Taib, went to the Mossos d’Esquadra police station (police in Catalonia) on Monday morning shortly before 6:00. A policewoman opened the door and the suspect threw himself on her, trying …